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Facts & Figures

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2010 Marriage, Family & Divorce Statistics 


According to a November 2010 article from the Pew Research center, the last 50 years have given rise to a transformation of the structure and composition of the American family. According to the article: "The pre-iminent family unit of the mid-20th century - mom, dad, and the kids-no longer has the stage to itself. A verity of new arrangements have emerged, giving rise to a broader and evolving definition of what constitutes a family."

This can be seen by looking at the data alone:
  • In 1960, 72% of American Adults were married. By 2008, that number had fallen to 52
  • When asked in a survey if marriage is becoming obsolete, about four out of every ten Americans surveyed - some 39% - responded that it was. A similar survey conducted by Time magazine in 1978 found this number to be 28%
  • The United States led the world in marriage rates in 2008, but it also led the world in divorce rates.
  • In 2008 there were over 10,536,000 single parent households in the United States, with around 30% of these households with children. 
  • The state of Nevada leads the country in divorce rates.
  • Washington, DC has the least amount of divorces per 1,000 marriages in the country, followed closely by Massachusetts and Georgia. 
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